trash-bin
trash-bin verb: to trash, throw out, discard; (computing) to delete (a file, etc).
Verb
trash-bin (third-person singular simple present trash-bins, present participle trash-binning, simple past and past participle trash-binned)
- To trash, throw out, discard; (computing) to delete (a file, etc).
- Your request to know explicit details about my sex life is noted, ridiculed, and trashbinned.2002 May 8, Clay Colwell, “Yardhelp:”, in austin.general (Usenet)
- I can think of a few colleagues who flagellate themselves into trash-binning fully adequate text. If these folk had the same neurosis in their cooking, they would starve to death!2005, Mario Rinvolucri, “Unleashing Writing Creativity in Students”, in English Teaching Forum, volume 43, number 3, page 42
Forms of trash-bin
| third-person singular present | trash-bins |
|---|---|
| present participle | trash-binning |
| past participle | trash-binned |
| past | trash-binned |
Questions about trash-bin
- What does trash-bin mean?
- Trash-bin means to trash, throw out, discard; (computing) to delete (a file, etc).
- What part of speech is trash-bin?
- Trash-bin is a verb.
- What is the past tense of trash-bin?
- The past tense of trash-bin is trash-binned.
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